favoring or promoting progress | (of societies) highly developed especially in technology or industry |
(of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases | situated ahead or going before |
advancing in severity | ahead in development; complex or intricate |
gradually advancing in extent | far along in time |
favoring or promoting reform (often by government action) | comparatively late in a course of development |
(of a card game or a dance) involving a series of sections for which the participants successively change place or relative position | farther along in physical or mental development |
| ahead of the times |
| at a higher level in training or knowledge or skill |